| Module 1: College Advising
Academic Policies and Procedures Graduation General
Students who are planning to graduate should file an ‘Intent to Graduate Form’ with the Records Office within the first two weeks of their first term of their senior year. This deadline is important so that Graduate Analysts can catch any required courses that students were not aware that they still need to take to complete degree requirements and let the students know before their last priority registration date. Students can access the ‘Intent to Graduate Form’ via online at www.mtsu.edu/~records/intentform.pdf. To be aware of specific degree requirements please refer to the catalog under which the student plans to graduate. Applicable Catalog
Students are ordinarily allowed to graduate under the requirements of the MTSU catalog that was current when they entered any college or university under the Tennessee Board of Regents, provided graduation is within eight years of that entrance date. Students may elect to meet the requirements of any one catalog published while they are in attendance at MTSU provided graduation is within eight years of the catalog date. Graduation With Honors
Recognition of honors at the graduation ceremony will be made for those students obtaining the required grade point average by the beginning of their final semester. Cum Laude: 3.500-3.749
Magna Cum Laude: 3.750-3.899
Summa Cum Laude: 3.900-4.000 Notation of graduation with honors is entered on the diploma and the transcript and is based on the cumulative grade point average on all degree credit courses (ACT/COMPASS prescribed courses are not included). Grade point average is truncated after the thousandth position. | 
